τάλας: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(v. sub fin.), [[τάλαινα]], [[τάλαν]] (fem. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> τάλας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>1038</span>): gen. ᾰνος, αίνης, ανος, also dat. τάλαντι <span class="bibl">Hippon.12</span>: voc. [[τάλαν]], masc. in <span class="bibl">Od.18.327</span>, <span class="bibl">19.68</span>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.512</span>, etc., fem. in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>559</span>, al. (Adv. acc. to <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Adv.</span>160.11</span>, Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.12</span>, al.): Aeol. nom. τάλαις <span class="bibl">Choerob.<span class="title">in Theod.</span>1.126</span> H.: (Τλάω):—[[suffering]], [[wretched]], ξεῖνε τάλαν <span class="bibl">Od.18.327</span>, etc.; ὦ τάλας ἐγώ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1338</span>,<span class="bibl">1401</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>981</span>; ὦ τάλαιν' ἐγώ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>743</span>; ὦ τάλαν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1196</span> (lyr.): c. gen. causae, οἲ γὼ τάλαινα συμφορᾶς κακῆς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>445</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">517</span>; τάλαιν' ἐγὼ τῆς ὕβρεος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1044</span>: sts. in bad sense, τάλαν <b class="b2">wretch!</b> <span class="bibl">Od.19.68</span>: but in Com., [[τάλαινα]] <b class="b2">poor dear!</b> as a sort of coaxing address, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>910</span>,<span class="bibl">914</span>; so ὦ τάλαινα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ec.</span>242</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in Trag. also of things, [[sorry]], [[wretched]], μόχθοι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>1069</span> (anap.); παρακοπά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>223</span> (lyr.); πάθος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>988</span> (lyr.); νηδύς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1263</span>; αὔλιον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1088</span> (lyr.); [[συμφορά]], [[νόσος]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1179</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>1084</span>; [[ἔρις]], [[φυγά]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>248</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1710</span> (lyr.): Sup. [[τᾰλάντατος]], [[η]], [[ον]], <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>684</span>, <span class="bibl">1046</span>, <span class="bibl">1060</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>395e</span>.--Poet. word, used by <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.6.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.239</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.16.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>79</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span>10.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[Τάλας]], [[ὁ]], a constellation (θεός τις κατακέφαλα κείμενος) rising with Sagittarius, <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>7.207. [τᾰλᾱς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>158</span> (anap.), S. (v. supr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>163</span>,<span class="bibl">1192</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>79</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>1494</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>930</span>; Dor. also τᾰλᾰς <span class="bibl">Theoc.2.4</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.378 (Pall.): voc. τάλᾰν <span class="bibl">Thgn.512</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1196</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>658</span>,<span class="bibl">1005</span> (both anap.).]</span>